Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) 18 U.S.C. § 3401(i) 28 U.S.C. § 636 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(3) Supreme Court 6 U.S. 126 211 U.S. 149, 152 501 U.S. 923, 939 529 U.S. 694 Circuit Courts 656 F.2d 1208, 1213 808 F.2d 1132, 1134-1135 886 F.2d 1043, 1046 912 F.2d 1542 44 F.3d 788, 790 47 F.3d 251, 252-253 64 F.3d 580, 584 128 F.3d 1259, 1260-1261 158 F.3d 933, 936-938 241 F.3d 633, 636 313 F.3d 253, 255-257 324 F.3d 599, 600 333 F.3d 1065, 1069 351 F.3d 804, 804-805 398 F.3d 728, 732-733 524 F.3d 879, 885 526 F.3d 343, 355 526 F.3d 398, 401 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Fed. R. Crim. P. 55